Giovan Battista Perasso

Giovan Battista Perasso (1735-1781) was a Genoese boy who started the 1746 anti-Habsburg revolt in his city during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Biography
Giovan Battista Perasso was born in Genoa in 1735, and he became a popular hero for his role in starting the 1746 uprising against the Habsburg occupation of Genoa during the War of the Austrian Succession. He started the uprising on 5 December 1746 by throwing a stone at the Austro-Piedmontese troops of Antoniotto Botta Adorno, and the population was incited to rise against the Austrians. On 10 December 1746, the city was liberated from the Austrian troops by a popular uprising.